The Hyogo Prefectural Governor Election was officially announced on July 1, 2021.
This time, not all candidates’ posters had been posted on the bulletin board, so we’re a little late turning this into an article m(__)m
Here are the five candidates and their official websites, etc.
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Hyogo Prefectural Governor Election 2021 Candidates
The order shown is the order in which candidacies were filed.
For each candidate in the Hyogo Prefectural Governor Election, the information is listed in the following order: name, party affiliation, poster, age, background, and official website links.
Osamu Hattori（はっとり おさむ）
Independent, newcomer
Age 47. Music school operator, representative of the political organization “Association to Protect Citizens’ Lives,” musician (rock band member)
HP / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Youtube
Chozo Nakagawa（なかがわ ちょうぞう）
Independent
Age 65. Visiting researcher at Waseda University Public Service Research Institute, policy advisor at Hyogo Research Institute (former mayor of Osaka City’s Kita Ward, two-term mayor of Kasai City)
HP / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Youtube
Motohiko Saito（さいとう もとひこ）
Independent
Age 43. Former director for prefectural tax affairs at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (former finance division chief for Osaka Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture, former general policy supervisor for Sado City, Niigata Prefecture)
HP / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Youtube
Kazuo Kanazawa（かなざわ かずお）
Independent
Age 65. Former vice governor of Hyogo Prefecture (chairperson of the Hyogo Prefecture Disabled Sports Association, former councillor at the Minister’s Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
HP / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Youtube
Mineo Kaneda（かねだ みねお）
Independent
Age 55 (male). Former Hyogo Prefectural Assembly member, standing committee member of the Japanese Communist Party Hyogo Prefectural Committee (former head of the party’s Hyogo office for Diet members, legislative secretary, chief staff member at the Hyogo Prefectural Association of Medical Practitioners); studied social welfare at Nihon Fukushi University
HP / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Youtube
The candidate links listed on this page are those shown on Senkyo.com, as well as links found on the websites and social media accounts listed there.
Finally
Election day is Sunday, July 18.
For early voting, see below:
Don’t forget.
